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Team: Sakis Rouvas Fans
6 members
$10,625 in loans
Greece
Team since Apr 2011
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Every day, Kiva connects thousands of people to borrowers and partner institutions around the world, working together to create opportunity and alleviate poverty. It only takes $25 to get started.
- This group is included in the program of the women's committee. They have set the goal to be able to grow, not only economically, but also personally, in order to be able t...Read their story >
- William, the group leader who appears in the photo, is representing six farmers from Alego District, Kenya. He is 55 years old and has 10 children. William has been a far...Read their story >
- Safargul is 33 years old. She is married and has children. Safargul has been buying and selling livestock for 5 years. She buys calves and steers and after a certain number...Read their story >
- Zafar is a 46-year-old father of four children. His story is that of an honest, hardworking, and determined man who does everything he can to raise his lovely children.
- This lovely woman is Nazgul. She is 49 years old, married, and raising 3 children. She has a high-school education. She has been raising crops and animals since 2000 as the...Read their story >
Why Kiva?
Kiva lenders, like Maria Dellaporta, combat poverty daily by making small loans to borrowers around the world. We believe in fair access to affordable capital for people to improve their own lives.
Often only a relatively small amount of money stands in the way of Kiva borrowers and their dreams. Whether it’s a Kenyan farmer who needs $500 in order to double her grain production, or a young Bolivian woman who lacks the $1,500 tuition for nursing school, Kiva lenders provide a hand up to these and countless other borrowers.
Join us and make a loan today.
Why Do People Kiva?
We each took time to explain why we use Kiva, but this is just a fraction of Kiva's many active users around the world.
How Does Kiva Work?
- Choose a borrower
Browse hundreds of borrower profiles and find a story that connects with you. - Make a loan
Click ‘Lend’ to send money via our Field Partners, who vet, distribute and administer each loan. - Get repaid
Receive updates as the borrowers you support succeed and repay their loans. - Repeat!
When borrowers repay, that money is yours to keep, donate to Kiva or lend again to empower someone new!
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We are a non-profit organization with a mission to connect people through lending to alleviate poverty. Leveraging the internet and a worldwide network of microfinance institutions, Kiva lets individuals lend as little as $25 to help create opportunity around the world.
